Name: A Time to Kill Author: John Grisham Description: A young Black girl is brutally raped and left for dead. Two White men are accused of the crime, but are ruled not guilty. The father of the Black girl shoots and kills one of the white men as he is walking out of the courtroom. The goes on trial for murder which leads to talks of injustice and justified killings. Genre: Historical Fiction Situations: Rape of a young black girl. The slayings of a white male in the courthouse. The derogatory terms used as well as the treatment of blacks and supporters of blacks.
Public Opinion: It is a good book with a lot of good information about how the legal system works along with the racism that used to exist.
Censorship: It has been banned in the South and Texas due to its violence and racism. In Texas there was an 18 month ban on the book in the School Libraries.
Appropriate Age: High School
Hatcher, Laura J. A Time To Kill Review. Taken January 7, 2013
Author: John Grisham
Description: A young Black girl is brutally raped and left for dead. Two White men are accused of the crime, but are ruled not guilty. The father of the Black girl shoots and kills one of the white men as he is walking out of the courtroom. The goes on trial for murder which leads to talks of injustice and justified killings.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Situations: Rape of a young black girl. The slayings of a white male in the courthouse. The derogatory terms used as well as the treatment of blacks and supporters of blacks.
Public Opinion: It is a good book with a lot of good information about how the legal system works along with the racism that used to exist.
Censorship: It has been banned in the South and Texas due to its violence and racism. In Texas there was an 18 month ban on the book in the School Libraries.
Appropriate Age: High School
Hatcher, Laura J. A Time To Kill Review. Taken January 7, 2013
From http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/grisham0408.htm
Insane, Lady. A Time to Kill Review. Taken January 7, 2013 from
http://www.booksie.com/thrillers/book_review/lady_insane/a-time-to-kill-by-john-grisham